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Really hope these talks fall through and nothing comes of it. Too many bad experiences with Microsoft buying something out, mismanaging it, and it goes down the drain. As much as I love GitHub, I won't be using a Microsoft-owned GitHub for any of my company's work.
such a presumptuous statement. Why proclaim you won't use a MSFT owned github, even as a hypothetical?
Really hope these talks fall through and nothing comes of it. Too many bad experiences with Microsoft buying something out, mismanaging it, and it goes down the drain. As much as I love GitHub, I won't be using a Microsoft-owned GitHub for any of my company's work.
To be fair they haven't screwed up LinkedIn. I think they will let GitHub grow with their resources.
Lack of free private repos is the main (only) reason why I don't use GitHub.
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> I don't think Microsoft has anything to contribute to GitHub. Microsoft has experience handling online code repositories and team services. Azure integration has the potential to improve deployment pipelines for many users. Microsoft has lots of experience doing things at scale, and can potentially find cost reduction maneuvers for Github. Visual Studio integration can bring more users to Github. Cooperate users ar…
Azure, VS... Yes, I know Microsoft has tons of things to offer to their customers. But not everybody in Github is into Microsoft tech. In fact, most are not. So that's what worries me: trying to tie Github to their products and strategies.
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There is enough just criticism of Microsoft's bad practices that remain damaging to this day. So no, MS is clearly a bad steward for GitHub.
Yeah, let's evaluate corporations for decisions made decades ago by people no longer at the company. At least spend 15 minutes reading about the progress MS has made in recent years before throwing around shade.
Really hope these talks fall through and nothing comes of it. Too many bad experiences with Microsoft buying something out, mismanaging it, and it goes down the drain. As much as I love GitHub, I won't be using a Microsoft-owned GitHub for any of my company's work.
To be fair they haven't screwed up LinkedIn. I think they will let GitHub grow with their resources.
Why does GitHub need to be acquired at all? Do the costs of running the servers and hosting the free services not cover the revenue from Enterprise users? I believe that any Enterprise users won't notice even a doubling of the subscription fee, if GitHub really needs it. I don't know why there needs to be more than a handful of employees working at github, just don't break what's already there!
So VCs can cash in.
I don't think anyone really understands what Github is. It's more like a spirit then a thing. I bet Microsoft is prepared to pay a lot for the goodwill, they don't care about the product/tech.
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Have they ever turned a profit yet? Last I heard they were still losing money in 2017. Not what I would call mature.
I’m pretty sure they’ve been profitable since the first month of private repos.
- really profitable after introducing private repos - burning quite some money for growth after they took VC money - really profitable again after they changed their pricing to per-seat pricing
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Yeah, let's evaluate corporations for decisions made decades ago by people no longer at the company. At least spend 15 minutes reading about the progress MS has made in recent years before throwing around shade.
Well, you know, this wasn't just an "insane" guy at the top who now left the company and everything's cool. Companies have culture, and while we can agree today Microsoft's not the same Microsoft from 10 years ago, we shouldn't forget their history so soon.
Satya Nadella has completely re-organized MS inside-and-out since taking the helm in 2014. It is a VERY different company than it was even 5 years ago. In March [1], Microsoft even went so far as to officially disband the Windows department and merge it into something called "Experiences & Devices".
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/29/17176220/microsoft-window...